''The Chieftains '' is the first album released by the Irish musical group

The Chieftains The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous wi ...

in 1964. The album is now sometimes referred to as ''The Chieftains 1'' due to the numbering system of their subsequent albums. It was one of the first folk albums to be recorded in

stereo Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...

Track listing

All tracks Traditional compositions #"Sé Fáth mo Bhuartha / The Lark on the Strand / An Fhallaingín Mhuimhneach / Trim the Velvet" – #"An Comhra Donn / Murphy's Hornpipe" – #"Cailín na Gruaige Doinne" ''(The Brown-Haired Girl)'' – #"Comb Your Hair and Curl It / The Boys of Ballisodare" – #"The Musical Priest / The Queen of May" – #"The Walls of Liscarroll Jig" – #"An Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis" – #"The Connemara Stocking / The Limestone Rock / Dan Breen's" – #"Casadh an tSúgan" – #"The Boy in the Gap" – #"Saint Mary's, Church Street / Garret Barry, The Battering Ram / Kitty goes a-Milking, Rakish Paddy" –

Personnel

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Paddy Moloney Paddy Moloney ( ga, Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh; 1 August 1938 – 12 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and record producer. He co-founded and led the Irish musical group the Chieftains, playing on all of their 44 albums. He was parti ...

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uilleann pipe The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their ...

tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

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Martin Fay Martin Joseph Fay (19 September 1936 – 14 November 2012) was an Irish fiddler and bones player, and a former member of The Chieftains. He was born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scot ...

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fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

Seán Potts Seán Desmond Potts (5 October 1930 – 11 February 2014) was an Irish musician. Born in The Liberties, Dublin, he was best known for his tin whistle playing and his long history with The Chieftains (from 1962 to 1979). With The Chieftains Potts ...

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Michael Tubridy Michael "Mick" Tubridy (born 1935 at Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland) is an Irish musician, step dancer and structural engineer. Career In November 1962, he was a founder member of the traditional Irish music group, The Chieftains, with whom ...

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flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

concertina A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons (or keys) usually on both ends, unlike accordion buttons, which are on the front. The ...

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bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'' or ''bodhráns'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or oth ...

;Technical *Morgan O'Sullivan - recording engineer *Edward Delaney - cover design

References

Sources and links

This album on the Chieftains' Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chieftains 1, The 1964 debut albums The Chieftains albums Claddagh Records albums